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Somerville
Public Safety Facility
Somerville, MA
DiMarinisi
& Wolfe was hired by the City of Somerville to conduct a study
of its Public Safety Building in Union Square
in order to determine the City's preferred course of action to develop
a new Public Safety Facility. The existing public safety building
in Union Square, which was renovated from an
old MBTA car barn, has a number of major problems, including a deteriorating
structure, ground floor flooding, poor ventilation and contamination
with hazardous materials. In addition to
its physical problems, the existing building is poorly organized
and does not provide the Somerville Police Department and the Union
Square Fire Station with the spaces they need to function properly.
The
DiMarinisi & Wolfe Feasibility Study of the Somerville Public Safety
Facility has included development of a
complete program for the police, fire and communications (dispatch)
departments using the building, assessment of
alternate sites and conceptual design for construction
of a new Public Safety Facility on the existing Union Square site.
The conceptual design shows how construction
of the department operations on the site can be maintained throughout
the construction period.
As part of
the Feasibility Study, the DiMarinisi & Wolfe team has conducted a
public outreach program, including surveys of
the opinions of residents and merchants in Union Square and an open
"charrette" to solicit public opinions on how to integrate the
new Public Safety Building into the fabric of
Union Square. |
